Reconceptualizing involuntary outpatient psychiatric treatment: From “Capacity” to “Capability”
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1086-3303
DOI: 10.1353/ppp.2016.0005